MAS6450   Waves and Magnetohydrodynamics   (20 credits)

Description

This module is lectured with the undergraduate modules MAS315 Waves and MAS422 Magnetohydrodynamics. Studying wave phenomena has had a great impact on Applied Mathematics. This module looks at some important wave motions with a view to understanding them by developing from first principles the key mathematical tools. In the second part it gives an introduction to classical magnetohydrodynamics. Magnetohydrodynamics has been successfully applied to a number of astrophysical problems (e.g., to problems in Solar and Magnetospheric Physics), as well as to problems related to laboratory physics, especially to fusion devices.

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